CVE-2025-20163 (GCVE-0-2025-20163)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-04 16:17 – Updated: 2026-02-26 18:27
VLAI?
Title
Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller SSH Host Key Vulnerability
Summary
A vulnerability in the SSH implementation of Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (NDFC) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to impersonate Cisco NDFC-managed devices.
This vulnerability is due to insufficient SSH host key validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by performing a machine-in-the-middle attack on SSH connections to Cisco NDFC-managed devices, which could allow an attacker to intercept this traffic. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to impersonate a managed device and capture user credentials.
Severity ?
8.7 (High)
CWE
- CWE-322 - Key Exchange without Entity Authentication
Assigner
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco Data Center Network Manager |
Affected:
11.2(1)
Affected: 7.0(2) Affected: 10.3(2)IPFM Affected: 10.1(1) Affected: 7.2(3) Affected: 7.2(2) Affected: 7.2(1) Affected: 11.0(1) Affected: 10.4(1) Affected: 10.2(1) Affected: 7.2(2a) Affected: 10.1(2) Affected: 7.1(1) Affected: 12.1(1) Affected: 11.1(1) Affected: 10.3(1) Affected: 10.3(1)R(1) Affected: 7.0(1) Affected: 10.0(1) Affected: 7.1(2) Affected: 11.4(1) Affected: 10.4(2) Affected: 11.3(1) Affected: 11.5(1) Affected: 11.5(2) Affected: 11.5(3) Affected: 12.0.1a Affected: 11.5(3a) Affected: 12.0.2d Affected: 12.0.2f Affected: 11.5(4) Affected: 12.1.1 Affected: 12.1.1e Affected: 12.1.1p Affected: 12.1.2e Affected: 12.1.2p Affected: 12.1.3b Affected: 12.2.1 Affected: 12.2.2 |
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Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date |
|---|
Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
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- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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